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murali772 - 31-DEC-2009
Nothing could have made a better Christmas gift from Santa for jumbos! A crucial corridor used by more than a thousand elephants in Kollegal was purchased by the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) and transferred to the state government on Thursday. |
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Updates from the Railway Minister sanjayv - 30-DEC-2009
There was an article in The Hindu today citing an announcement by Shri K. H. Muniyappa, MoS Railways- see link here. |
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Why Tata still doesn’t get it? murali772 - 30-DEC-2009
Ratan Tata had this to say on the Singur debacle: “More often than not, conflicts related to land are promoted by individuals who do not belong to that area, but who have other political motives.” Quite so, but this, interestingly enough, was the exact position taken by British planters to stop Mahatma Gandhi’s first mass movement in India, the anti-indigo cultivation |
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murali772 - 30-DEC-2009
For the faint-hearted, young men hitting their backs with a bunch of knives, tied together with a rope, has always been a visual torture if they ever witnessed one. But that has been always a practice for Muslims during Muharram. |
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Kodigehalli Level Crossing - Politics First, citizens later kbsyed61 - 27-DEC-2009
Strange are our public representatives and more strange are their political ways. In every act of their's is motivated first by their politics, party and their personal interests. |
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Reconstitution of land and property - new alternative to TDR murali772 - 24-DEC-2009
In what is now loud thinking, BDA, BBMP and urban-affairs officials are proposing a new scheme in town planning whereby there will be ‘reconstitution of land and property’ instead of acquisition. |
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Legislators, MPs garner prime sites kbsyed61 - 23-DEC-2009
Deccan Herald carried a news report titled "Legislators, MPs garner prime sites". http://www.deccanherald.com/content/42820/legislators-mps-garner-prime-sites.html Interesting to read is about Dr. Hemchand Sagar's name in the report. |
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House panel indicts Murthy for faulty airport design murali772 - 23-DEC-2009
The Joint House Committee (JHC) probing the construction of the Bengaluru International Airport (BIA) has indicted Infosys chief mentor N R Narayana Murthy, MP Rajeev Chandrashekar, bureaucrats V P Baligar, K Jairaj and other officials for "faulty" design and construction. |
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ABIDe Convenor to quit, reforms stymied by cabinet vaishvittal - 23-DEC-2009
Rajya Sabha MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar, convenor of the ABIDe task force for Bengaluru, has sent a letter to Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa indicating he has been left with no option but to resign. |
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Public Works Coordination Agreement vaishvittal - 23-DEC-2009
New life for works coordination; nascent effort underwayIt’s a first for Bengaluru. Stung by criticism, local authorities and the traffic police claim they will now coordinate select public works using a simple one-page agreement. |